Thanks, I usually double check even the most obvious ones. As Oscar, doesn't seem to have most obvious nominees.Paper Moon just got enough votes to be rated in the Top 250 last year, currently at Top Rated Movies #238, peaking at #207, despite it being disadvantaged as a B&W. Meanwhile, in hindsight A Touch of Class
(1973)
doesn't seem so deserving of its spot among the Oscar nominees. I never realized Jodi Foster reprised the role in the TV series, Paper Moon
(1974–1975).

I am like you, if it highly rated or Oscar-nominated I make a point to try to see it. I don't care if it is an older film, B&W, foreign or subtitled or whatever. It can be can be challenge to keep up each year with worthy new films, never mind to work the backlog of ones that I somehow missed or came out before I was born. I haven't heard anything about A Touch of Class
(1973), but I got think with five Oscar nominations it has to be worthy of watch.

There is no set criteria for inclusion other than a Oscar-Nomination as Best
Picture. But, factors like IMDb votes (well seen), popularity,
MetaCritic Scores, AFI 100, IMDb ratings, iconic status, etc. all played a role.

Oscar-Nominated
Best Picture movies from prior to the release of Gone with Wind and the
Wizard of Oz in 1939 were considered, I just felt they weren't as
strong individually and as a group among these combined factors as other movies. Captains Courageous
(1937) was the only title from that period, I regretted not adding. I have since bumped Good Night, and Good Luck.
(2005)
to add it to the updated list.

I
agree the 1920's and 1930's period is not well-represented with only It Happened One Night
(1934) and Captains Courageous
(1937) in the mix, but I
believe it is justified. The quality of candidates from those fifteen
years, pales in comparison, to movies that were produced between
1939-1964. This quarter century is the sweet spot of black & white
movie production, in my opinion. If there is a particular movie you feel
strongly about, suggest it and the movie whose place it should take to
gain a spot on the poll list. Oscar-Nominated Best Picture B&W
movies that were seriously considered and just missed being included are listed below:

Vulture's Every Oscar Best Picture Winner, Ranked seems to support the contention that the period from 1927-1938 is the weakest decade of them all Oscar decades. Nine of eleven winning titles from the period are ranked in the bottom third of Oscar Best Picture winners.

Personally i thing that removing Roma isn't a good idea because it has great chance to win the Best Picture Oscar if it won it would be non-sense to dont have it. Second, the movie is popular now because it is recent many people could be offend if it is not there.

it should replace this one Captains Courageous because Roma has a better rating. Also, this historical a 2018 Black and White only the second movie to have been nominated in Best Motion Picture and Best Foreign Language Film. I think it deserve to be on the list

I am not moved by your argument of it being the flavor of the day or what awards it hasn't won yet. Roma is a U.S. production, despite being in Spanish, but If being a foreign film is a factor these other Best Picture nominees seem to have as compelling an argument as Roma for inclusion: 1938's Grand Illusion, 1969's Z and 2011's The Artist. I think a wait-and-see approach is needed to see if Roma lives up to the hype on Oscar night.

I am still confused by your reasoning, isn't a 7.9 rating less than 8.0 rating, making Roma the lower rated film of the two. Roma's page as of today has the highest page views on all the titles and exceeds Captains Courageous' page
in traffic. It certainly will garner more votes due to that, but I am
not sure that is a reason by itself to include a film. Plus, its limited
availability outside of Netflix would seem to limit the number of poll
takers who have seen or can see the "boycotted" film (Movie Theater Chains Will Snub the Oscar-Nominated 'Roma' | GQ). However, I did remove Captains Courageous from the poll list.

1) I prefer keeping the number of options to about thirty on all my polls, initially. I don't like being at thirty-five options, especially since the last five options mostly get a handful of votes, if any.

2) "There is no set criteria for inclusion other than a Oscar-Nomination as Best
Picture, initially released entirely or mostly in black & white and a just added * minimum 30,000 IMDb votes.The vote threshold didn't change the list, but may explain or nullify dispute over lower voted title exclusions. But, factors like IMDb votes (well seen), popularity,
MetaCritic Scores, AFI 100, IMDb ratings, iconic status, etc." are used to thin the pack of well-deserving movies

3) I indicate the list is not comprehensive by phrasing the question "these select Oscar-nominated Best Picture movies".Thereis no set formula for inclusion or exclusion, but the list is representative of B&W movies that are near the top of variety of lists. Therefore, is one of the most universally acclaimed, generally regarded or most cherished B&W films. The list is handpicked as it is the best way to juggle all these factors.

5) The last options to make the pool are always going to be debatable options in some poll takers eyes. If someone has a suggestion, I asked they not only make a suggestion, but also suggest another movie whose place it should take and some solid reasons why it is better. It is east say a movie was snubbed, but more difficult to say it is more deserving.

7) IMHO, the only strong omitted candidates that could have an argument they were snubbed are a couple early movies that fall under 30,000 vote threshold. In the end, I did add Roma
(2018) back in, as I thought it was on the cusp and maybe even more well-regarded in twenty years than it is now.

Congratulations. It's very rare for me to know all the movies in a poll with so many older movies. This time it is. My vote goes to 'Schindlers List' ! '12 Angry Men' would have been my second choice, too.

Thanks, just about every one is on the IMDb Top 250 or AFi 100. i would describe all as must see, although i think having 30,000 vote threshold helps. The floor eliminated some equally worthy films, that were much less universally seen by movie goers. Thanks for the comment and feedback.